01350cam a22002411  45000010008000000030004000080050017000120080041000290100017000700150014000870200015001010400025001160500017001410820011001581000039001692450062002082600032002703000066003023500009003685040027003775050669004046500035010733631295OSt20230703114806.0700415s1968    enkabf   b    000 0 eng    a   74365050   aB68-24529  a0090896203  aDLCcDLCdDLCdZAAPA00aDS119.2b.G300a220.951 aGale, Richard Nelson,cSir,d1896-10aGreat battles of Biblical historyc[by] Sir Richard Gale.  aLondon,bHutchinson,c1968.  axii, 156 p.b2 plates (1 fold.), 1 col. illus., maps.c22 cm.  a35/-  aBibliography: p. [148]  aThe strategic significance of the biblical lands -- The first of the patriarchs -- The flight from Egypt and defeat at Hormah -- The battles of Jericho and Ai -- The defeat of Sisera -- Gideon's victory over the Midianites -- The Heroes -- Saul's campaigns and defeat at Gilboa -- The campaigns of David -- The decline and fall of David's kingdom -- The end of Israel and the fall of Jerusalem -- The military achievements of Persia --The campaign of Alexander -- The rise of Seleucid power -- The first resistance movement -- The Maccabaean wars -- Rome comes to Canaan -- Herod the Great -- The wars of the Jews -- The fall of Jerusalem -- The massacre of Masada 0aMilitary history in the Bible.